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New York Court of Appeals Roundup: FOIL and Confidentiality of Law Enforcement Personnel Records

01.18.19

In their monthly column in the New York Law Journal, Litigation Partners Bill Russell and Lynn Neuner discuss a recent decision in which the Court of Appeals rejected a FOIL request by the New York Civil Liberties Union for certain New York Police Department disciplinary records on the grounds that they are exempted from disclosure by §50-a of the Civil Rights Law.